Legion Doesn't Need a Buff--they need a whole Rework
Ive been sitting on the edge of my seat for about a month the second I caught wind of a Legion update. I really, REALLY thought maybe they'd finally give a real look at the killer, their lore, and make their power and perks MAKE SENSE?
I was hoping for a new ability all together, to fit in with the trailer teaser of "darkness among us", where maybe you can cloak yourself as a survivor from a distance, but as you get closer you're revealed to be the killer--this wouldn't be a big leap, because Onryo gets to be invisible within a certain distance, and once she gets too close she's revealed. Imagine you see Dwight coming towards you to help with a gen--OH MY GOD ITS LEGION.
I even saw a cool idea, what if Legion could occupy lockers? Like changing between the 4 teens by going in and out of lockers, and being able to swap between lockers based on where the other teens are--and the unused teens would REMAIN in the lockers. Oh I'm just gonna hide in this locker--OH MY GOD ITS LEGION.
All of these play in a LOT better to Legion's lore, and their whole shtick of being 4-in-1 killer. Unless ALL four of them were TRACK STARS--I dont see how "running fast" was the brilliant power that they gave them.
THAT BEING SAID....
I am a WEE bit excited for the buff, but I dont think it will raise them above a B. Legion just isn't a big threat. A big enough map is enough to handicap them. They can only get a down after successfully chaining 4 hits. Even with a .2 speed boost between hits the odds of getting to all 4 survivors is so slim, unless they all just have a drum circle near a gen.
Even if you manage to find ONE survivor, all they need is Sprint Burst to almost completely waste your power. Spring burst gives them 150%ms. Thats 20% higher than Legions, and assuming they're already at least 15-20m ahead of you when you activate Feral Frenzy, once they turn on their Sprint Burst you are NOT catching them. Even if you are RIGHT behind them when you activate FF, they move at 150%, FF only moves at 130%. Sprint Burst lasts for a full 3 seconds, and I've timed--FF and it only lasts 10. So with the Feet Per Second a survivor can get between them and you, those extra 7 seconds aren't gonna help much as 3 of them are still gonna be you playing catch up, now you only have 3 seconds to hit this survivor, and pray theres another one close enough to chain a 2nd hit.
The fatigue is FINALLY getting a buff, going from a WHOPPING 4 SECONDS, which is basically a free Decisive Strike in game, multiple times, down to 3 seconds--the length of Nurse's who gets to GO THROUGH WALLS.
With as good as survivors are at looping in this game, a killer being able to run 15% faster just isn't it.
I was really hoping for a legit just rework of this killer. I think they're really wasting what could be a really unique killer power and just did the most BORING power of "run fast". And they aren't even the best as running fast! Hillbilly can run LAPS at 230%, infinitely, until he runs into something. So can Blight! Legion isn't even the fastest runner in the game and their whole power is being able to run fast.
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i care about "high" level plays cause at a certain point your mmr will go too much high for how many wins you get, and personally i don't want to be FORCED to play the same 2 killers (which have a gameplay that i personally don't like) in order to have a decent match (loosing on purpose is out of question cause no one will find fun facing a killer that... won't kill). if you aren't at "high" levels even a trapper without traps is viable. i don't ask for being able to 4k everytime, i ask for fair and chill matches with the possibility to do a good amount of points instead of seeing 5 gens popping for doing 3 chases... a pity that i'm constantly put aganist people who bring broken stuff everytime (brand new part with commodious toolboxes, styptic agent with purple medkits, etc etc), paired with meta perks and being in a full swf... this is everything except funny...
They only rework killers when it affects survivors. Old Legion and Freddy being the obvious examples.
Wish they didn't double down on things that made a legion already annoying. Legion isnt even part of the killers that are rarely seen. Currently its just heal/mending 50% of the time. I understand he has trouble downing survivors but regardless, people were still playing him because it's fun to play as a speedy slashy killer (so was th change even necessary in the first place). now on top of the already boring heal/mending style it will become even more of that+ gets downs more easy as well. I don't mind buffing him but at least change some stuff instead of the increasing annoying playstyle that both survivors and killers already have to deal with in so many cases...
I mean. I can't help you then. Hope you can still find some fun in new Legion. And if not, there is still other Killers to play with.